Michael M. Thomas

Michael Mackenzie Thomas (April 18, 1936 – August 7, 2021) was an American author of nine bestselling novels and a partner at Lehman Brothers. Best known for his financial thrillers, he published his first novel, Green Monday, in 1980. He also published articles in New York Observer, Esquire, The New York Review of Books and The Wall Street Journal.

Early life and education Thomas was born in Manhattan on April 18, 1936. His father, Joseph A. Thomas, worked as an investment banker and became the youngest partner of Lehman Brothers at 29 years old, in the same year of Thomas's birth. His mother, Elinor (Bangs) Thomas, was a real estate broker whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. Charlotte Curtis described his early works in The New York Times as "extremely unkind to the rich and fashionable", adding that his magazine articles "are said to have indulged in gratuitously cruel people-bashing". His final novel, Fixers, was published in 2016.

Personal life Thomas married his first wife, Brooke Hayward, in 1956. She was the daughter of actress Margaret Sullavan and agent/producer Leland Hayward. The couple had two children: Jeffrey and William. He married his second wife, Wendell Adams, in 1960. Together, they had three children: Michael, Leslie, and Dorrit. They separated in 1978, and he subsequently married Barbara Siebel four years later. They had one child, Francis. His fourth and final marriage was to Tamara Glenny. They met online in 2003, got married eight years later, and remained married until his death.

Thomas died on August 7, 2021, at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York. He was 85, and suffered from complications of arthritis prior to his death, which was caused by a bacterial infection.

Works Fixers (2016) Love & Money (2009) Baker's Dozen (1996) Black Money (1995) Hanover Place (1990) The Ropespinner Conspiracy (1987) Hard Money (1985) Someone Else's Money (1982) Green Monday (1980)